great kids

Today is Deana's last final for this semester. I am so proud of her - she is establishing her life in Nacogdoches! Ben ate with us last night and did an eval on my surgery recovery. Because of some of his tips, I slept the best night last night since before surgery!

Daddy would call this the "Jeff and David" effect. He says that when we were all little, he would look at Jeff and David and see what they were able to do for themselves, and because they were so much older, he thought it would be so good when he and mama finally got to that stage too. Well, history hasn't proven that particular theory too great. Jeff has had more incarceration than free adult life, and David has a great family, in the garden with lots of babies that have no daddies in their lives.

however, the four of us....wow.......LOL....

...this is a little tongue in cheek.......but not really. I love what we have become and what we are striving for...even what we are made of that help us push through the rocky times that are inevitable if we LIVE.

happy holidays.

Yes, Erin,,,now 9 days.

J